Murder at a French Ball
Robillard, a market porter, aged 19, appeared before the Assize Court, charged with the murder of a female named Victorine Lelong, a greengrocer, his mistress…
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Pictures, dances & concerts, 1842
59 stories in Sydney's papers · page 1 of 3
The Loan Company; Or, Jim Crow's Dance
The Herald has again performed one of those wonderful gyrations for which he has latterly gained a good deal of celebrity. We had thought that the Loan…
Continued on Trove, page 116 →Proposed Draft Op Petition to This House of Commons, to Be Submit. Ted to the Public Meeting To-morrow, at the Royal Victoria Theatre. Sheweth—
1. That your Petitioners form pare of a community of free British subjects, more than half of whom are resident in seventeen townships, amounting in number at the Census of last…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Colonial Politics. the Public Meeting at the Theatre for a Representative Government
YESTERDAY the great Meeting to Petition for a Representative Government came off at the Victoria Theatre, The Theatre was crowded, stage, pit, boxes, and gallery, to…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Mrs. Prout's Concert
ON Wednesday, we attended Mrs. Prout's Concert, of course, -- we say, of course, first because we always attend Concerts; and secondly, because we think Mrs…
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The "Grande Soiree Musicale" cams of on Wednesday last, and we are sorry to say, was not patronised to the extent that it ought to have been. The boxes were respectably and…
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Mrs. Prout's musical entertainment took place on Wednesday evening, before a highly respectable audience. Mr. Marsh, lately arrived from England, was the novelty of…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Colonial Politics. the Theatre-- a School of Virtue!
ONE of the worst features in the moral aspect of this Colony is the growing taste for Theatrical amusements in our Colonial Capital. In fact there is nothing that more…
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The works of Joan de Juanes, Fernandez, and other painters of the Spanish school are still little known in England, although the chef d' [?] of Murillo in the Duke of Sutherland's collection…
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On Thursday night, the Opera of Guy Mannering was performed to an overflowing house, on which occasion Mrs. Bushelle, and Mrs. Wallace made their appearance in the…
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WILL be performed, the successful Drama called THE PRISONERS OF LYONS; OR, THE DUPLICATE KEYS. In the course of the piece a grand Ballet and Quadrille by…
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The nautical drama, as the play-bills term it of Black-eyed Susan, or All in the Downs, was performed at this theatre on Saturday night-- the part of William, by Mr. NESBITT, being his…
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Don Giovanni was performed at this Theatre, on Thursday night, to a tolerably full house, with a fair proportion in the dress circled. The Don, it must be confessed, is by no means…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →The Theatrical Examiner. Royal Victoria Theatre. Mr. Nesbitt in Richard the Third
The Richard of Mr. NESBITT is not altogether the Richard of SHAKESPEARE, but it is such a conception of the character as the public have never witnessed upon the colonial stage,…
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UNDER THE PATRONAGE OF HIS EXCELLENCEY SIR GEORGE GIPPS, KNT., Who as signified his intention to honor the Theatre, with his presence; and on which…
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The opera of Guy Manncring was repeated at this Theatre on the evening, of Thursday last, under the patronage of His Excellency the GOVERNOR. The…
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His Excellency Sir George Gipps, accompanied by his lady, honored the Victoria Theatre with their presence and patronage on the evening of Thursday. We have great…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Literature. New Music. Prince Albert's Band March, arranged for the pianoforte by Stephen Glover.—Sydney, Rolfe, 1842
This is a reprint of a piece which has had "a great run" in England, and which being a very pleasing composition, and within the power of any performer, is likely to become popular in the colony. The…
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Othello [the Moor by Mr. Nesbitt,] was performed at this Theatre, on Monday evening last, to a numerous and respectable audience. As this is the first…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →The Theatrical Examiner. Royal Victoria Theatre. the Mock Catalani
Who that saw Mr. Simmons, as The mock Catalani, could recognize in such a mirth-exciting performance, the personator of Macbeth, lago, and a host of…
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